Shirley Bradley LeFlore Foundation

02/06/2026

Lyah LeFlore-Ituen is working diligently to honor her mother's legacy.

SBLF's first regularly scheduled program, Poetry in Motion, launches with UNAPOLOGETIC D9 AND HBCU VOICES at the High Low Listening Room, 3301 Washington Avenue in St. Louis. Admission $20. Hosted by Dr. Jason Vasser-Elong.

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04/26/2025

Shirley Bradley Price LeFlore, who served as the Poet Laureate Emeritus of St. Louis, passed away on Mother’s Day, May 12, 2019, after bravely battling kidney disease. She left a remarkable legacy in St. Louis as a cultural activist, educator, performing artist, psychologist, and mentor to many artists and students. To honor her memory, her daughters—Hope Lynne Price-Lindsay, Jacie Wynn Price, and Lyah Beth LeFlore-Ituen—founded the Shirley Bradley LeFlore Foundation (SBLF), a nonprofit organization in St. Louis, on January 21, 2020. This year, we are celebrating our fifth anniversary with a variety of exciting literary events and partnerships.

We invite you to check out SBLF’s website at https://sblfoundation.org and sign up for our newsletter. We appreciate your love, friendship, and support, and we hope you will get involved in helping SBLF to meet its mission to foster literary excellence in St. Louis.

04/24/2025

Hey Folks! The Pulitzer Arts Foundation and SBLF event, THE ART OF CONVERSATION in St. Louis is featuring Lyah Beth LeFlore-Ituen and special guest Tara Betts is tonight @ 6PM. ADMISSION IS FREE. Reception follows with FREE complimentary beer and wine.

The Art of Conversation is an evening of insightful dialogue, poetry, and music, presented in collaboration with the Shirley Bradley LeFlore Foundation. This event will feature Tara Betts – celebrated poet, former National Poetry Slam Champion, professor, and performer – in conversation with Lya...

04/24/2025

Do Not Miss Tonight April 24h @ 6PM!: Pulitzer Arts Foundation and SBLF Presents THE ART OF CONVERSATION, Consider this "A Conversation With Shirley" ADMISSION IS FREE, SPREAD THE WORD!

As a bestselling author, producer and entertainment industry renaissance woman, Lyah Beth LeFlore certainly has her own level of cultural influence. But she has made part of her life’s work making sure the light provided to this region by her mother – St. Louis Poet Laureate Emeritus Shirley Bra...

04/22/2025

Pulitzer Arts Foundation and SBLF Presents THE ART OF CONVERSATION Featuring Award-Winning Poet Tara Betts

https://sblfoundation.org/pulitzer-sblf-presents-the-art-of-conversation/

04/22/2025

Hatsephi Kushma’s Successful Book Launch at the High Low hosted by SBLF

https://sblfoundation.org/hatsephi-kushmas-successful-book-launch-at-the-high-low-hosted-by-sblf/

04/22/2025

Honoring Shirley Bradley Price LeFlore: A Legacy of Words and Wisdom by Lyah Beth LeFlore-Ituen

https://sblfoundation.org/honoring-shirley-bradley-price-leflore-a-legacy-of-words-and-wisdom/

04/22/2025

SBLF Celebrates National Poetry Month

https://sblfoundation.org/sblf-celebrates-national-poetry-month/

04/22/2025

SBLF Announces 2025 Fundraising Gala Featuring CHiLDREN OF THE SUN, A choreopoem by the late St. Louis Poet Laureate Emeritus Shirley Bradley Price LeFlore.

SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, October 25, 2025
Tickets Available at MetroTix: 314.534.1111

https://sblfoundation.org/children-of-the-sun/